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This is very clean and fresh, in a distinctly wintry way. It's hard for me to pick out the notes, but I could pick out the juniper distinctly when wet. It's cold, with a tinge of bitterness underneath. Not my thing, but quite pleasant.

Very sharp pine, edging on to floor cleaner. There is a sweet musky-ness underneath and with the spicy clove this could be very nice, but the pine is too sharp on me here.

This smelled like lavender in the imp, and a lemony-lavender combo wet. But dry it's a gorgeous dry rose, spiced and with a hint of lavender. It's sexy and womanly. I am in love with this. It's sultry, not too obvious. Perfect for seduction.

In the imp: pink sugar. Wet: carnation and sugar. Kind of fluffy. Dry: It's carnation cotton candy. It's so fluffy and pink and gorgeous. There's a dusting pink pepper which comes off as rosy to me, not spicy. I'm in love and desperately need a bottle.

In the imp: There's something clean about this, not in a soapy way though. It's light and breezy. Wet: It gets warmer and more of a body to it. Less breezy. Soft, almost dusty rose petals. I think this is from a combo with the oppoponax. A little bit of soft fruitiness from the pomegranate. Dry: smooth and warm benzoin, with soft rose petals, and champaca. I don't get any pomegranate or star anise (thankfully). Very pretty vintage feeling rose.

I love this so much. Up front I get a enormous amounts of rich dark chocolate cocoa. It's sweetened a little bit by the brown sugar, and I get warm, delicious (and not bitter) coffee underneath. This is one of those scents I wish I could eat.

In the imp: The cedar and vetiver come off as rough and smoky. Like standing in front of some smoldering cedar planks. There's is a hint of tangerine sweetness underneath, but not much. Wet: Still mostly charred cedar. Dry: Charred cedar with little bit of fiery saffron and a tiny hit of sweet amber. Overall: Too smoky and woody for me!

Starts off fairly sweet, with softness from the mallow, a touch of spicy cardamom, and a little hay. The grasses, hay, and wheat become more prominent as it dries. Light, golden, and dry. I can almost feel the dry hay it is so lifelike. The honey and amber add a warmth and natural sweetness. The mallow and cardamom add a spice and airiness that adds interest. Absolutely gorgeous and I am so happy I could find a bottle.

Heady florals, with a little spice. Musky, sweet, and little creamy. Pretty, but not quite my thing.

A nice base of salty-warm ambergris, sharpened by other aquatics and eucalyptus. The ambergris helps it from being to sharp or cold on me. I don't think this is something I would wear that often, but my guy might like it!

Almost all cedar and bay leaf on me. Just a touch of sage. The cedar is very raw and rough. The scent as a whole is savory, warm, and dry.

Excellent, thanks guys Will have to get me some Boober. I love linden blossom absolute so fingers crossed BPAL's linden note is similar. I have now tried Enraged Bunny Musk, and while Boober is not fluffy it's sweeter than EBM on me.

In the bottle: soft florals, laundry soap but in the best way. Wet: Clean florals with bit of powder. Dry: Very fluffy cotton. Just a hint of powder and breeze of floral. A perfect clean scent.

Have you tried Ask the Nearest Hippie. That would have to be one of my top patchouli recommendations.

A spectral musk echoing the memory of neroli, rosewood, and frankincense. This scent is very interesting for how simple the notes would suggest. I definitely get frankincense and rosewood. Frankincense to me can be very gritty and bright, but it seems more subdued here with the rosewood. The musk is light (but it doesn't smell like white musk to me) and sweet, it hovers over the other notes and does kind of subdue them. Dry I can find just a touch of neroli if I really search. It really does smell like the traces of another perfume in musk. It's quite haunting.

I haven't tried Enraged Bunny Musk but I will always jump on an opportunity to sing Boober's praises. It's sweet and clean, and the linden blossom is so beautiful.

The black leather is rich, not quite pungent brand-new leather but not super soft and worn either. The combination of amber, oppoponax, and tobacco adds a rich but not heavy sweetness. I think the toabacco and leather makes it just a touchy dirty. It's dark, and pretty sexy.

...The scent of black smoke, of crackling flames, and smoldering ashes. Wet this was all acrid smoke. Harsh vetiver. But dry, I do get the smoky cola vibes. Very interesting, but not for me.

Been dying to try this! I get mostly white and green teas, very bright and clean. There is a little something lemony. The peony is very light. This is definitely something I would wear in the spring and summer months.

The ylang ylang sweetened by the honey is the strongest aspect to me. The honey was very strong at first, and almost threatened to take over but then settled. I get just a little patchouli and clove underneath to ground the scent. Quite sensual and heady.

In the bottle: Sharp lavender and white musk. Wet: Lavender, white musk. fresh water. Clean and cold. A little sharp still. Dry: The lavender has softened, and there is just a touch of clean musk. I definitely smell asphalt but it's not overwhelming. The oudh gives it more depth. Overall: I am learning to love lavender again (too much generic, sharp lavender in bath products and such left a bad taste in my mouth). It was too sharp in the bottle for me but even though it does not sweeten, the sharpness is softened enough to be wearable. It reminds me of the many gray, rainy days of Seattle and can see myself wearing this a lot.

The vetiver was a little strong for me in the wet stage but dry it's a beautiful smoky/grassy base, with the other notes floating around it. The cedar is very light, the raspberry leaf stands out most after the vetiver to me. It reads more masculine to me so I don't know how often I would wear it, but I'll need to try it on my guy.

This dries down to a light grapefruit, barely sweetened by musk and the bitterness is tempered by the lavender and chamomile. I get just a touch of tart current. It's quite beautiful, and I think may be a bottle purchase!

Fizzy sweet root beer over cedar. Rugged, but not too masculine for my tastes.

Perfect sweet white cake with tart currants! The tartness keeps it from going too sweet. Definitely will need a bottle of this!